Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Collinsia callosa is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name desert mountain blue-eyed Mary. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the mountains of the southernmost Sierra Nevada, the Transverse Ranges, and the mountains of the Mojave Desert region. It grows in desert scrub, chaparral, and woodland habitat on the mountain slopes. This is an annual herb producing a fleshy, somewhat thick stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. The plant is overall green to red in color. The leaves are oblong and thick, their edges slightly rolled under. They are oppositely arranged and some pairs clasp the stem where they meet.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 10 in Tall

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Color

Blue, Lavender, Purple, White

Plant communities

Chaparral, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Edith's Checkerspot

Euphydryas editha

Variable Checkerspot

Euphydryas chalcedona

Bilobed Looper Moth

Megalographa biloba